Letter: Don't allow NRA to speak for all of us

National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, gestures during a news conference in response to the Connecticut school shooting on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 in Washingto" (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

The writer claimed that he is not politically affiliated, but the letter is similar to typical drivel promoted by the Republicans.

Miliucci is scared to death of the “special interests and lobbyists” passing laws to responsibly regulate guns, but does not see the that it is special interests and lobbyists that prevent us from passing common-sense gun control, such as universal background checks and limits on ammunition clip capacity.

The National Rifle Association does not care in the least about anything but having Republican legislators in its pocket and getting funding from the gun manufacturers. It’s all about the money earned from gun sales, and not about keeping citizens safe. That is why GOP legislators and pundits scare people with a “The Dems are going to take your guns” argument. Regulation is not disarmament.

Miliucci goes on to use the illogical and predictable argument that death by swimming pool, illegal drugs and automobiles are much more common than gun deaths. This is absolutely true. It’s why those things are regulated. You must have a fence around your pool, prescription drugs are regulated, illegal drug use has consequences, and several thousand vehicle regulations have been passed to make roads safer.

Using the point that more people die from other causes than guns, when the things given as examples are regulated, makes absolutely no sense to me at all.

The NRA has 4.5 million members. Why do they get to decide for the other 295 million of us how guns should be regulated in this country? Stop letting them manipulate you with fear.